Thomas Pearson
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 10:00 - 12:00 for graduate students
Thursdays 10:00 - 12:00 for graduate students
Courses
- 2025 Spring
- ECN 752 Labor Economics II
- ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Economics of Migration
- 2024 Fall
- ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Economics of Migration
- 2024 Spring
- ECN 752 Labor Economics II
- ECN 310 Special Topics In Economics - Latin Amer Economic Developmt
- ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Economics of Migration
- 2023 Spring
- ECN 310 Special Topics In Economics - Latin Amer Economic Developmt
- ECN 410 Topics in Economic Applications - Economics of Migration
Highest degree earned
Bio
Thomas Pearson is assistant professor of economics. He previously served as an instructor, teaching fellow and research assistant at Boston University and as a research associate in Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. He also served in the Peace Corps in Nicaragua.
His work has been supported by the Russell Sage Foundation and Boston University’s Initiative on Cities and its Institute of Economic Development. He was named teaching fellow of the year in the Economics department at Boston University, where he was also awarded a graduate student fellowship.
He earned a Ph.D. from Boston University in May 2022.
Research Grant Awards and Projects
"The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Uncovering a Hidden History of Expulsion and Exclusion", Sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation.
"The Geography of Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Uncovering a Hidden History of Expulsion and Exclusion", Sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation.
"Migration and the Geography of Racism in the United States", Sponsored by Russell Sage Foundation.
"The Impact of Emigration on Origin Country Fertility: Evidence from Mexico", Sponsored by Appleby-Mosher.
Selected Publications
- Journal Articles
- Pearson, T. P., "The Impact of Immigration Status on Crime Reporting: Evidence from DACA." Journal of Urban Economics, 2024.
- Pearson, T. P., Bazzi, S., Ferrara, A., Fiszben, M. and Testa, P., "The Other Great Migration: Southern Whites and the New Right." Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2023.
- Pearson, T. P., Bazzi, S., Ferrara, A., Fiszben, M. and Testa, P., "Sundown Towns and Racial Exclusion: The Southern White Diaspora and the ‘Great Retreat’." American Economic Association: Papers & Proceedings, 2022.
- Blog
- Pearson, T. P., Bazzi, S., Testa, P., Fiszbein, M. and Ferrara, A., "The shadow of the confederacy: Culture, institutions, and the geography of racial animus in the US." VoxEU, 2023.
Presentations and Events
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 2024 Annual Meeting, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) , "Encouraging Naturalization: The Broader Effects of DACA on Immigration" (November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024)
Social Science Seminar, Le Moyne College, "The Confederate Diaspora" (October 22, 2024 - October 22, 2024)
Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association (SEA), "The Impact of Immigration Status on Crime Reporting" (November, 2023)
Migration and Development Conference, "The Confederate Diaspora" (October, 2023)
California State Fullerton (2022)
Cornell University, Cornell University (2022)
15th Migration and Development Conference (NOVAFRICA), "Immigration Enforcement and Origin Country Labor Markets" (2022)
RIDGE Virtual Workshop on Labor (2022)
Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Meeting, Southern Economic Association (SEA) (2022)
Syracuse University (2022)
UC Davis Global Migration Center (2022)
Development and Political Economics SF Bay Area PhD Student Conference (DEVPEC) (2021)
Development Reading Group, Boston University (2021)
IZA Annual Migration Meeting (2021)
Western Economic Association International Virtual Conference (2021)
Young Economists Symposium (2021)
Honors and Accolades
Appleby-Mosher Faculty Research Grant, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (2022)
Early Stage Urban Research Award, Boston University Initiative on Cities (2021)
Rosenstein-Rodan Prize for the Best Graduate Student Paper on Development Economics, Boston University (2021)
Trustee Grant, Russell Sage Foundation (2021)
Graduate Student Fellowship, Boston University (2016 - 2021)
Abdala Fieldwork Grant, Institute of Economic Development, Boston University (2020)